Unless I'm mistaken, I think there are about 400 people in federal penitentiaries and 600 in provincial prisons who would be affected by this, so that connection of federal and provincial--and I stand to be corrected on this--is important.
I want to ask anybody who wishes to comment on this.... I notice there was an editorial in the Prince George Citizen back on September 27, headlined, “The Olson money could go for good”, meaning that the money that's going to Mr. Olson could obviously be better used in a lot of other ways.
We've suggested that the money from this bill--and we're told it's $2 million and it could go as high as $10 million, depending on the province--should go to victims of crime organizations. In other words, it should be earmarked. The number one purpose of this bill is to make sure that pensions are going to people they should be going to. The corollary benefit is that it would save some money for the government.
But I wonder how, perhaps Mrs. Rosenfeldt, you might feel if this money that was saved was directly earmarked for victims of crime.